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Mikel Arteta should start £16m Arsenal player for the first time in 2024 vs Bayern Munich tonight
Mikel Arteta has some crucial decisions to make when Arsenal travel to Bayern Munich to attempt to dump Harry Kane out of the Champions League tonight.
Many feel as if the Arsenal boss got his team selection wrong against Aston Villa, when he should have deployed either Jorginho or Thomas Partey.
Declan Rice𒈔 was back in the pivot, a position he’s one of the world’s best in, but Arsenal therefore surrendered control elsewhere.
Kai Havertz couldn’t show his best away from the false nine role, Oleksandr Zinchenko🅰 was practically playing on top of Rice, it just didn’t work.
🍰Of course, if Arsenal had scored some of their first half chances we probably wouldn’t be saying any of this, but that’s the nature of football.
But Mikel Arteta꧟ does have an opportunity to right those wrongs against Bayern tonight, in a fixture that could really suit Arsenal right now.
♍The home side’s defending left a lot to be desired at the Emirates last week.
Gabriel Magalhaes🉐 and his teammates showed glimpses of last season’s naivety, and playing in a block could help avoid a repeat this evening.
Mikel Arteta has to start Arsenal’s Takehiro Tomiyasu to stop Bayern winger Leroy Sane
꧑Low block or not, Leroy Sane’s dynamism is going to be an issue for Arsenal to contend with again this evening.
The winger got the better of Jakub Kiwior𝓀 for 45 minutes last week, and fortunately was looking fatigued once Zinchenko came on.
But there’s no better player in this Arsenal squad than Takehiro Tomiyasu to foil the winger tonight.
🍰The is outstanding in one versus one situations, and despite the left side not being his strongest, he’s still Arteta’s best option.
The decision to start the Japan international would also allow Ben White♍ to invert into midfield from the right, Arsenal’s most effective play of late.
Ultimately, Arsenal🐽 fans will have to trust Mikel Arteta’s judgement whichever combination of players he chooses, he’s got the club this far.
🌃But it’s not too often you can say that the Spaniard got it wrong, as he did against Aston Villa.
All that being said, ꧂Darren Bent has just called for Arsenal to recall two different ‘essential’ players tonight.